I went there a few years ago (5 maybe) and thought it was pants. Has it improved in recent years?

I'm doing MIPIM on a very tight budget with cheap flights, Air BnB accommodation in Antibes and not going in to the conferences (that was €3000 per ticket). I am sharking in the bars and coffee houses outside. Just no idea what to expect of it

I went 3 years on the trot a few years back - my kidneys were waving the white flag by the end of it

It's ok - lots of bullshitters down there - I did come back with a few good deals each time I went though

Three tips

1 - drink water not coffee during the morning - you will get offered lots of coffee, and if you are not careful you end up with a mega headache even before you start on the beers

2 - don't be afraid of cutting short talking to someone who you quickly realise will be of no value to what you do - lots of lawyers go there, and rarely do you get business from them - they are after your business

3 - if you can, eat in the old town in the evening - much better restaurants, and it's away from all the beer swilling Brits outside Bar Roma, who (as the evening wears on) are the worst advert for the UK property industry !!!

I went 3 years on the trot a few years back - my kidneys were waving the white flag by the end of it

It's ok - lots of bullshitters down there - I did come back with a few good deals each time I went though

Three tips

1 - drink water not coffee during the morning - you will get offered lots of coffee, and if you are not careful you end up with a mega headache even before you start on the beers

2 - don't be afraid of cutting short talking to someone who you quickly realise will be of no value to what you do - lots of lawyers go there, and rarely do you get business from them - they are after your business

3 - if you can, eat in the old town in the evening - much better restaurants, and it's away from all the beer swilling Brits outside Bar Roma, who (as the evening wears on) are the worst advert for the UK property industry !!!

Thanks for the tips. I'm not a coffee drinker anyway so will stick to softer stuff. Good to know about t he old town tip - there's nothing I hate more than the "lads on tour" brits!

I went 3 years on the trot a few years back - my kidneys were waving the white flag by the end of it

It's ok - lots of bullshitters down there - I did come back with a few good deals each time I went though

Three tips

1 - drink water not coffee during the morning - you will get offered lots of coffee, and if you are not careful you end up with a mega headache even before you start on the beers

2 - don't be afraid of cutting short talking to someone who you quickly realise will be of no value to what you do - lots of lawyers go there, and rarely do you get business from them - they are after your business

3 - if you can, eat in the old town in the evening - much better restaurants, and it's away from all the beer swilling Brits outside Bar Roma, who (as the evening wears on) are the worst advert for the UK property industry !!!

Thanks for the tips. I'm not a coffee drinker anyway so will stick to softer stuff. Good to know about t he old town tip - there's nothing I hate more than the "lads on tour" brits!

Oh one other thing - if you get into an event that is linked to Reed MIPIM don't put your business card in the big glass bowl when go in - Reed MIPIM go in and collect all the business cards and check them against their list of people who registered for the event

The year before I went a colleague (who had not registered) did put his card in - a few months later our boss got a letter threatening legal action from Reed MIPIM !!!

My company now has to register all people going and it costs a lot of money - going in the exhibition hall is very interesting, but my bank isn't in the market for funding a whole new city in Azerbaijan !!!

If you're looking to eat on the Rue du Suquet (picturesque restaurant that winds uphill from the old town), it's a bit of a tourist trap and easy to get sucked into some the first ones lower down the street. My tip would be to walk all the way to the top first, then try some of the first restaurants you come to on the way back down. Mickaella at no 23 was very good last summer.